Woman Charged In Connection With Kidnapping, Rape In Plainfield

PLAINFIELD — A 21-year-old woman has been charged in connection with the kidnapping and rape of a 16-year-old girl in Moosup, police said.

Cherelle King was arrested in Amityville, N.Y., on Wednesday, police said. Her last known address was 25 Union St. in Moosup.

King was extradited back to Connecticut and charged with first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy to commit first-degree aggravated sexual assault, police said.

In November, police charged Muhammed K. Yakubu, who was already in the custody of the Department of Correction on unrelated charges, with first-degree kidnapping, first-degree aggravated sexual assault and conspiracy in connection with this case.

The alleged rape happened in October 2012, police said. The victim told police she was taken against her will to the baseball fields on Lions Drive in the Moosup village of Plainfield.

It was at the fields where she was then sexually assaulted by multiple people, including Yakubu.

King was held with bail set at $250,000.

The investigation remains open and more arrests are forthcoming, police said.